Eleanor Lark is an upbeat illustrator plagued by headaches and unruly strawberry blonde hair. After a grueling cross-country flight, she blacks out cold. The brooding stranger who sat next to her grumping his way through the flight catches Elle as she falls. Neither expects the sweet chaos that happens next.

August Marshall is stonehearted, insanely rich, and a master of corporate cleanups with major baggage of his own. The last man alive who needs a media frenzy after his airport heroics steal headlines. But August has a plan--ask Elle to marry him so their trouble disappears.

Elle almost faints again. They just met! But it's hard to say no when August tells her she might be the key to saving a children's book series she adores. And it's even harder to remember it's only pretend as sparks fly, hearts fall, and two perfect strangers try to remember life before make-believe...